Six head to High School Finals; NDRA action is heating up

A number of area cowboys and cowgirls will be headed to the National High School Finals starting in Farmington, N.M. Sunday.

Williston's Seth Jorgenson will compete in steer wrestling and team roping. Alexander's Sam Irwin will compete in team roping and Tess Haugen will go in the girls cow cutting and breakaway roping.

Ray's Jessica Bauske will compete in goat tying, Keene's Mamie Kieson will go in breakaway roping and pole bending, while Bronc Pippert of Squaw Gap will compete in steer wrestling and team roping.

The Finals will run through July 26 and updates can be found on the National High School Rodeo Association website at www.nhsra.org, which also will feature a live simulcast of each rodeo performance.

In the North Dakota Rodeo Association landscape, the action has been fast and furious with four rodeos being held recently, the New Town Rodeo, the Bowman Rodeo, and in South Dakota, the Lemmon and Dupree Rodeos.

In the NDRA current standings, Williston’s Tom Jorgenson is the top heeler in team roping and Preston Oyloe is ranked second steer wrestling.

Trenton’s Stetson Lawrence is currently second in bull riding, and Williston’s Michelle Oyloe is sixth in ladies breakaway.

New Town Rodeo

Alexander's Ryan Forbes took second in the bareback riding event with a score of 71, while in bull riding Max's Casey Fannik was the only cowboy able to make a ride, but scored 83 to take home the prize money.

In calf roping, Sidney's Cody Flammond was second with a time of 10 seconds flat.

Ladies barrel racing saw Williston's Effie Miller take sixth at 14.106 seconds to just get in on the money. Tess Haugen wasn't too far back at 14.557, while Carmen Ruud of Ross was at 14.567 and Williston's Michelle Oyloe had a 14.573 run.

New Town's Solly Danks took fifth in saddle bronc with a score of 66, and in senior men's breakaway, Sidney's Gene Smith had a time of five seconds flat to tie for fourth.

Williston's Preston Oyloe won in steer wrestling with a 4.4-second run.

Williston's Tom Jorgenson and Dickinson's Chad Kieson won team roping with a time of 5.1 seconds, while Stanley's Jed Bohmbach and Garrison's Frank Whitecalf were second at 5.3.

Bowman County Rodeo

Grassy Butte's Michael Pojorlie made the only ride in bull riding with a 72 score.

Parshall's Preston Billadeau was third in calf roping with a time of 10.6, while Sidney's Rayna Rice was fourth in barrel racing at 16.87.

Parshall's Jessica Billadeau was just in the money in seventh in ladies breakaway at 3.8 seconds, while just out of the money were Stanley's Jodi Bohmbach at 4.8 and Williston's Michelle Oyloe at 4.9.

Williston's Seth Jorgenson mad a 4.1-second run to finish third in steer wrestling, while Watford City's Steve Johnston was just out of the money with a score of 58 in saddle bronc.

Parshall's Preston Billadeau teamed with Upham's Jesse Fredrickson to take sixth in team roping.

Boss Cowman Rodeo (Lemmon)

Williston's Preston Oyloe finished tied for eighth in steer wrestling with a time of 6.3 with Buffalo's Sam Olson.

Trenton's Mac Ladue was a winner in senior men's breakaway with a blazing 1.6-second time.

Billadeau and Fredrickson sere second in team roping at 5.2.

Dupree Pioneer Days Rodeo

Parshall's Preston Billadeau finished sixth in calf roping at 9.4.

Current NDRA Standings

Men's All Around

535 BILLADEAU, PRESTON

475 SPERRY, ROBERT

455 SMITH, CHAD

377.5 WHITECALFE, FRANK

250 HARRIS, TURNER

190 WOODWARD, KODY

150 PENNINGTON, IAN

135 GARTNER, DREW

125 MURPHY, SETH

105 ARNDORFER, SAM

100 LAWRENCE, JASON

Ladies All Around

395 FLECK, BRITANY

190 SCHAPER, ASHLEY

110 HINTZ, JODI

105 ECK, SHANNON

100 GJERMUNDSON, HALI

Bareback Riding:

475 BREUER, TY

395 DUNFORD, LEE

375 HELFRICH, BRANDON

322.5 PENNINGTON, JOSH

125 FORBES, RYAN

125 WIESER, BRIEN

100 VAIRA, TROY

60 KRAMER, REED

40 KRONBERG, BRODY

Calf Roping

340 SPERRY, ROBERT

295 BILLADEAU, PRESTON

190 GUTTORMSON, JAMIE

160 ENTZEL, DUSTIN

160 HARRIS, TURNER

135 EGGL, KELLY

130 SMITH, CHAD

100 JENSEN, KYLE

100 MILLER, CHAD

80 HOOVESTOL, SCOTT

80 EGGL, BLAKE

80 MURPHY, SETH

70 GARTNER, DREW

70 PORTER, BORDEN

70 FLAMMOND, CODY

60 WOODWARD, KODY

60 LAWRENCE, JASON

50 ELL, DON

40 WICKUM, DILLON

30 NESHEM, CLINT

20 JAEGER, LONNIE

Ladies Breakaway

270 NELSON, KAYLA

215 BROWN, BRITTANY

205 GUTTORMSON, BRANDI

195 NELSON, KAYLEE

180 GORRELL, KELLY

175 OYLOE, MICHELLE

170 LAWRENCE, KRISTY

150 BOHMBACH, JODI

115 BAKER, ELIZABETH

110 HAUGEN, TESS

100 BATEMAN, JESSIE

90 BUBEL, JODI

90 HINTZ, JODY

70 FLECK, BRITANY

70 BILLADEAU, JESSICA

70 WHITECALFE, JACKIE

70 GASTON, STACY

60 SEBASTIAN, CODI

60 OLSON, COURTNEY

60 KRAFT, CODY

60 GJERMUNDSON, HALI

45 VETTER, KELLY

40 BOOTE, NIKKI

35 ECK, SHANNON

20 GJERMUNDSON, JORI

10 SCHAPER, ASHLEY

Saddle Bronc Riding:

655 SCHAEFFER, CLAY

235 SHYPKOSKI, TRELL

155 KNOLL, RILEY

130 MOORE, KUTTER

120 ECK, TATE

120 JOHNSTON, STEVEN

110 DANKS, SOLLY

90 LUGER, BRITT

70 SCHLEGEL, MATT

70 STEFFEN, LEE

60 NELSON, BRENT

50 TESCHER, TRAVIS

40 BURMAN, BRETT

40 TWEETEN, CLAY

25 KEESTER, DUDE

20 VAIRA, TREVOR

15 YOUNG BEAR, MARTY

Steer Wrestling

325 SMITH, CHAD

200 OYLOE, PRESTON

180 SLANEY, BART

140 CARLSON, KORY

130 REISS, JASON

130 DOLEZAL, J D

130 WOODWARD, KODY

120 PORTWINE, SHELDON

120 HELFRICH, ANTON

100 BUBEL, JOSH

100 HANSEN, JIM

90 JORGENSON, SETH

80 DOLEZAL, BRENT

70 PIPPERT, BRONC

50 MELVIN, TY

45 MURPHY, SETH

40 LAWRENCE, JASON

40 RUUD, JEFF

20 ARNDORFER, SAM

10 LORENZ, J W

Team Roping

Headers

305 KIESON, CHAD

240 BILLADEAU, PRESTON

160 SCHAEFER, JEFF

140 ERICKSON, KASEY

125 CARSON, LAYNE

95 NELSON, CHAD

95 SORGE, DALE

90 HARRIS, TURNER

80 GORRELL, JEFF

65 GARTNER, DREW

60 MORAST, LUKE

60 BOHMBACH, JED

35 KNIGHT, SHAWN

30 CARLSON, RICK

20 PETERSON, CHASE

20 VARTY, DUDE

5 NEHL, JESS

Heelers

360 JORGENSON, TOM

260 FREDRICKSON, JESSE

135 SPERRY, ROBERT

120 WHITECALFE, FRANK

105 CARSON, CHASE

100 PETERSON, MIKE

95 SMITH, CODY

95 PENNINGTON, IAN

85 ARNDORFER, SAM

80 THOMPSON, COY

65 ROSENCRANS, CHANCE

60 KURLE, CASEY

55 EARSLEY, BRENT

45 NEHL, JESS

40 SCHIRADO, RUSSELL

30 HILDRE, MARTY

10 FRANZEN, TIM

Ladies Barrel Racing

325 FLECK, BRITANY

205 MIKKELSON, JANNA

180 SCHAPER, ASHLEY

180 PETERSON, KIRSTEN

180 MILLER, ALISON

180 RICE, RAYNA

110 WAAGEN, BARB

100 BRIDWELL, TRACY

100 SCHAU, JACKIE

90 REID, CARLA

90 SMITH, RENAE

80 SPRUNK, WHITNEY

70 JOHNSON, KIM

70 ECK, SHANNON

50 UECKER, HEIDI

40 HANSEN, KORREY

40 GJERMUNDSON, HALI

40 WARNER, KINSEY

40 COGDILL, LYNNETTE

30 BENSON, KENZIE

30 MILLER, EFFIE

20 WICKUM, BOBBI RAE

20 HINTZ, JODY

10 DOCKTER, ANNIE

Sr. Men's Breakaway Roping

290 BURKE, BOB

285 GERDES, HAROLD

257.5 WHITECALFE, FRANK

227.5 HANSEN, DWIGHT

220 HOFER, LEN

202.5 NELSON, RODNEY

170 CHAMBERLAIN, STEPHEN

160 GRAVEN, JIM

150 OLSON, JOEL

125 HOVEN, JOHN

115 SMITH, GENE

110 DAHL, CLIFF

100 SIMON, GARY

85 WARD, JACK

80 LADUE, MAC

60 HOOVESTOL, ROGER

50 EVRIDGE, GAYLE

45 FRANK, DAN

Bull Riding

240 DILLMAN, ABE

185 LAWRENCE, STETSON

170 KUKLA, BUCKY

155 SCHAPER, NATHAN

135 KUKLA, KASH

80 FANNIK, CASEY

70 HARRIS, SHAWN

70 MUSCAT, NEIL

60 NELSON, NATE

60 LINSETH, JOHN

55 PENNINGTON, IAN

45 BISHOP, DUSTIN